How long is a bottlenose dolphin?

Compared with things you know

• About 3.4 times the height of a standard 55-gallon steel drum (88 cm)
• About 1.8 times the height of an adult person (1.7 m)
• About 1.5 times the height of a standard interior door (2 m)

Did you know?

Bottlenose dolphins can recognise another dolphin’s signature whistle after more than 20 years apart.

More sizes

• African elephant3.2 m · 10.5 ft tall at the shoulder
• White rhinoceros3.7 m · 12.1 ft long
• Atlantic bluefin tuna2.25 m · 7 ft 5 in long
• Saltwater crocodile4.3 m · 14.1 ft long
• Dromedary camel2 m · 6 ft 7 in tall at the shoulder
• Great white shark4.6 m · 15.1 ft long

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